Section: Latin America
U.S. Considers Sending Mechanized Infantry to Eastern Europe
The Pentagon considers sending up to 5,000 soldiers, heavy artillery and tanks to Eastern Europe in response to Russian support for Ukrainian separatists, the New York Times said Saturday. …read more Source: Latin American Herald...
Swimmer Olga Beresnyeva Disqualified From London Olympic Games 2012
12 de junio de 2015, 16:28Berna, 12 jun (Prensa Latina) The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that swimmer Olga Beresnyeva of Ukraine has been disqualified and excluded from the Games of the XXX Olympiad in London in 2012. …read more Source: Prensa...
Ukrainian Battalion Azov in the Sights of US Congress
12 de junio de 2015, 10:46Moscow, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The Ukrainian battalion Azov, of the National Guard of Ukraine, has been focused on by the US Congress as a dangerous paramilitary structure for its neo-Nazi ideology, according to media. …read more Source: Prensa...
Pope tells Putin “a sincere and great effort” was needed for peace in Ukraine
Barely a few days after Europe’s most powerful leaders presented a common front on Russian sanctions; President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia landed in Italy and met privately with Pope Francis at the Vatican, his second audience with the pope in the past 18 months. …read more Source:...
Representatives of Donbass Note Deterioration of Ukrainian Conflict
11 de junio de 2015, 11:38Kiev, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) The representative of the proclaimed People''s Republic of Lugansk (PRL) Vladislav Deinego associated today the unexpected resignation of the Special Envoy of the Organization for Security in Europe (OSCE) to a deterioration of the Ukrainian conflict. …read more Source: Prensa...
Russia Assumed Responsibility for Nuclear Control in Crimea
11 de junio de 2015, 11:54Moscow, June 11 (Prensa Latina) Russia today ratified the responsibility for the control of nuclear facilities in the Crimea, in accordance with the right to jurisdiction over the Black Sea peninsula. …read more Source: Prensa...
Pope urges Putin to commit to ‘sincere, great effort’ for Ukraine peace
Pope Francis urged Russian President Vladimir Putin today to commit himself to a “sincere and great effort” to achieve peace in Ukraine. Putin met the Pope after holding talks with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. …read more Source: Buenos Aires...
Pledges from G-7 conference
G-7 summit leaders at the Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday. AP PHOTO/CAROLYN KASTER Leaders decide on topics from fuel to corruption BY GEIR MOULSON The Associated Press BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel went into the Group of Seven summit in the Bavarian Alps with a broad agenda, but combating...
Ukrainian Government Welcomes US support
10 de junio de 2015, 12:00Kiev, Jun 10 (Prensa Latina) The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Arseniy Yatseniuk, saluted today the moral and financial support of the United States for the compromised economic and social reforms, amid a new chapter of confrontation with the Donbass and Russia. …read more Source: Prensa...
Ukraine: Donetsk Under Fire In Renewed Attacks
Fire brigades struggle to reach the affected residential areas as Kiev forces continue to shelling civilian communities. …read more Source:...
